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Updated 17.04 Alpha 131216 ISO
I've updated my 4.9.0-11.12 kernel to include a small patch that hopefully will improve RTL8723BS wifi. This new kernel has been included in a respin of my 17.04 Alpha 131216 ISO.To try the ISO...
View ArticleUpdated Zesty kernel 4.9.0-11.12 upgrade script
I've updated my 4.9.0-11.12 kernel to include a small patch that hopefully will improve RTL8723BS wifi. To upgrade your kernel first download the shell script for the kernel version you require and...
View ArticleUpdated Yakkety kernel 4.8.0-32.34 upgrade script
I've upgraded my Yakkety kernel upgrade script in line with the latest Ubuntu Yakkety kernel.To upgrade your kernel first download the shell script for the kernel version you require and after making...
View ArticleUpdated Xenial kernel 4.4.0-57.78 upgrade script
I've upgraded my Xenial kernel upgrade script in line with the latest Ubuntu Xenial kernel.To upgrade your kernel first download the shell script for the kernel version you require and after making it...
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Cherry Picked Patches for Cherry Trail Devices
Benefits Bay Trail devices as well.I've updated my 4.9.0-11.12 kernel to include Len Brown's patch to address kernel freezes (https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=109051#c628), Laszlo-Fiat's...
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Faster ISO Boots in 2017
One problem I've had with my ISOs is that they were always slow to start. Whilst only being an inconvenience rather than a functional issue I was able to spent time today in finding an improvement.As a...
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First 2017 17.04 Alpha ISOs for Ubuntu and Lubuntu
Whilst the first of January maybe a public holiday for some it didn't stop Canonical releasing new Ubuntu and Lubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Daily Build ISOs. So I've re-spun them to includes the 4.9...
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Bleeding edge Ubuntu 4.10.0-5.7 kernel with 17.04 pseudo Alpha 2 ISO
Whilst Ubuntu flavours released their second alpha of the Zesty Zapus (to become 17.04) today, Ubuntu continues with daily releases until the final beta in March (see...
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Ubuntu 16.04.2 and updated Ubuntu 17.04 pseudo Alpha 2
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View ArticleMainline kernel support for BYT and CHT HDMI audio
Finally HDMI audio on Bay Trail and Cherry Trail devices will be officially supported in mainline kernel starting from v4.11:Linus,please pull sound updates for v4.11-rc1...
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Ubuntu 16.04.2 and Ubuntu 17.04 Beta 1 plus flavours
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Comparing Ubuntu Flavours Popularity
Ever since I've provided Ubuntu ISOs I've always been interested in knowing what gets downloaded the most verses the least in order to focus my work on where the interest is. Unfortunately because...
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Running Ubuntu with an Upstream Kernel on Intel Bay and Cherry Trail Devices
In the past Intel Atom based mini PCs with Bay Trail and Cherry Trail SOCs required customized kernels to provide HDMI audio. As of version 4.11 the mainline kernel will include support for HDMI audio...
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isorespin.sh Now With Mint and Cinnamon
Besides Ubuntu and flavours you can now respin Linux Mint ISOs and if required update them with the latest Canonical build of an upstream kernel and boot them on Cherry Trail and Bay Trail devices with...
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Improved 'isorespin' with choice of kernels and Debian 'Live' ISO support
Although Debian have released 'Live' ISOs for some time, I've always had problems getting them to boot on Intel Atom Bay Trail and Cherry Trail devices. But with the news of Canonical dropping Unity in...
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Creating personalized Ubuntu, Mint and Debian ISOs for Intel Mini PCs
isorespin.shNormally Linux distribution ISOs work perfectly when written to a USB for booting as a 'Live USB' allowing both usage and installation of the distro. Unfortunately with the introduction of...
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RTL8723BS wifi soon to hit mainline kernel
Bastien Nocera's RTL8723BS wifi github (hadess/rtl8723bs) has been merged into the kernel staging tree and as a result the compiling of the driver as an external module or running the driver on older...
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Interim RTL8723BS wifi packages for mainline kernel v4.11 and v4.12-rc1
While the RTL8723BS wifi module is now in the first v4.12 release candidate to get wifi working it is necessary to build it as an external module and load the firmware. As an interim I've build two...
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GUI 'isorespin.sh'
Although the earlier versions of my 'isorespin.sh' script provided flexibility in creating an ISO by allowing the addition of packages, if a package was only accessible from a specific repository then...
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Mainline kernel v4.12-rc2 now with RTL8723BS WiFi/BT driver
The newly released Ubuntu build of the latest and second release candidate of the mainline v4.12 kernel now includes the driver for the RTL8723BS chip.As the current Ubuntu distro releases don't...
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